Be it for the good, bad, ugly, or downright shocking, 2022 was full of memorable moments!

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on the occasions that rocked – and to some degree – maybe even reshaped the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Next, we’ll reminisce on how our R&B girls Jazmine Sullivan and SZA finally collected GRAMMY gold after years of being criminally overlooked.

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Peruse of the updated Billboard 200 reveals Doja Cat‘s GRAMMY-nominated tertiary album, 2021’s ‘PLANET HER,’ is the week’s best commercially-performing female Rap album as it’s still orbiting in the chart’s topmost quadrant (#47 this week).

Its ongoing success across Billboard comes as the result of rocking radio with as well as steady streams and digital downloads of its slew of smashes including the Hot 100 top 10 hits ‘Woman,’ ‘Kiss Me More,’ ‘Get Into It (Yuh),’ and more.

That enduring presence on charts is also the reason the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently took to press to share news several of her most beloved titles had received certification upgrades.

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With her 2017 debut album, ‘CTRL,’ enjoying its 279th print on the Billboard 200 this week (one of the longest-running female R&B albums in history), SZA is finally ready to lift the lid on its long-teased successor.

And, let her tell it, the project may be coming to digital shelves sooner than we think.

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Could there be new music from SZA coming soon?

Well, according to the ‘Drew Barrymore’ singer, new music is set to arrive soon.

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Barely a week after making headlines for announcing her intent to quit music all together, Doja Cat collects the first GRAMMY of her short but storied career.

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Upon its April 2018 release, Cardi B‘s debut album, ‘Invasion of Privacy,’ invaded the Billboard Hot 100 history books by becoming the first female album to chart 13 or more of its tracks on the Hot 100 simultaneously.

By the year’s end, the project was entering the record books of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for becoming the first LP to see all of its tracks certified Gold or higher.

As her dedicated fans – affectionately called the #BardiGang – impatiently await the release of her yet-titled sophomore studio effort, the spins they’ve afforded its predecessor have pushed the set even further into RIAA record books.

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The Wireless Festival is back and bigger than ever.

World-renowned, the UK-based extravaganza is firing from all cylinders for its 2022 edition – which is taking place in three locations over two weekends, for nine collective days of music with the world’s most sought-after artists.

What are you waiting for? Join us after the jump for the lowdown on the most must-see Wireless yet.

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Doja Cat‘s third album, ‘Planet Her,’ shows no signs of slowing its orbit around the Billboard 200’s top 10.

Released in June 2021, the hit-filled project peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 (her highest mark on the album chart to date) and has been a mainstay among its best-sellers since.  Found at #9 on its refreshed edition, 27 of the LP’s 32 weeks aboard the tally have been in the top 10 – a feat that now makes it the longest-running top 10 female Rap LP in history.

That victory is due in no small part to the ongoing success of its singles, including the December 2021-released ‘Woman.’  Appearing at first to be a slow-starter, the song has rocketed into the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40 for the first time this week after a warm reception at radio.

Planted at #37, look inside to see who joins her on this week’s TGJ Chart Check: Hot 100.

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‘No Love’ is just one of the 20 tracks housed on Summer Walker‘s sophomore album, ‘Still Over It,’ that’s gotten nothing but love from R&B fanatics over the last week.

As we reported, not only is ‘Still Over It’ sitting on top of the Billboard 200 thanks to historic streaming numbers and one of the best first-week sales figures of the year, but 18 of its tunes are occupying spots on the Billboard Hot 100.

Leading that history-making charge is the SZA-assisted ‘No Love.’  See how inside:

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Brandy & Monica‘s 1998 hit, ‘The Boy is Mine,’ is credited as one of the most successful songs in Billboard history.

Though most widely celebrated for being the longest-running all-female #1 hit in the Hot 100’s 63-year history, the Rodney Jerkins-produced tune is actually the owner of several Billboard records.

Before this week, one of those titles was ‘longest-running all-female top 10’ hit.  Thanks to the ongoing success of Doja Cat & SZA‘s ‘Kiss Me More,’ however, that’s no longer the case.

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Here’s good news for ‘Good Days’; the latest single from R&B diva SZA.

While her comeback tune, ‘Hit Different,’ didn’t exactly prove itself the hit needed to amplify buzz for her long-awaited sophomore album, the tune’s successor – ‘Good Days’ – is definitely a hitting (the charts) differently.

As if blasting to the top of Spotify and real-time R&B sales tallies wasn’t enough (as we reported here), the song cracked the Hot 100’s top 40 last week, marking the eighth visit of her career to the chart region.

This week, the song’s cracked the top 30 thanks to a 15-spot leap credited to a handsome mix of digital downloads, airplay at R&B radio, and streams.

Look inside to see how that combo helped mark a personal milestone for the GRAMMY nominee.

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, as our retrospective segments, ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay,’  allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our latest feature –  Chart Rewind – serves as a variation of our Retro Rewind assay to salute an entire era of music history.

This week, we’re so excited for ‘So Emotional’ – the sixth in Whitney Houston‘s historic string of seven consecutive Hot 100 chart-toppers.

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